C++

Determine the Number of Unseen Email Messages

Demonstrates how to determine how many unseen messages exist in an email account on an IMAP server. C++

#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkMessageSet.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkImap imap;

    //  Connect to an IMAP server.
    //  Use TLS
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    success = imap.Connect("imap.example.com");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Login
    success = imap.Login("***","***");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Select an IMAP mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  After selecting the mailbox. the total number of emails
    //  is immediately available:
    int totalNum = imap.get_NumMessages();
    std::cout << "Num messages = " << totalNum << "\r\n";

    //  To determine the number of unseen messages, a call
    //  to Search is required, which returns the set of UIDs
    //  of all unseen messages.

    //  We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
    bool fetchUids = true;
    CkMessageSet messageSet;
    success = imap.QueryMbx("UNSEEN",fetchUids,messageSet);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << imap.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    unsigned long numUnseen = messageSet.get_Count();
    std::cout << numUnseen << "\r\n";

    std::cout << "UIDs ----" << "\r\n";

    //  Display the UIDs
    int i = 0;
    while (i < messageSet.get_Count()) {
        std::cout << messageSet.GetId(i) << "\r\n";
        i = i + 1;
    }

    //  Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();
    }